CarelessThe story behind the poem

We all are surprised
when we awaken to find our joints achy, our face filled with lines
that were not there yesterday. Although to our surprise, our minds are
left untouched. We think the same thoughts of our youth. We remember
with intensity. This is my response to my own discovery of age. How
quickly it sneaks up to capture and steal our youth. Time is the enemy
to us all. We all have to accept our fate as fallen soldiers in a war
well fought.